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Richard Smehlik's 2002-2003 season

Points

NHL#432

Goals

NHL#530

Assists

NHL#369

Plus/minus

-5

NHL#636

Games

67% of 82

Defenceman Richard Smehlik was 32 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Atlanta Thrashers och New Jersey Devils. He played 55 of a possible 82 games and scored 2 goals and 11 assists for 13 points, 0.24 points per game. He moved from Atlanta Thrashers to New Jersey Devils in March. The season ended with Richard Smehlik winning the Stanley Cup with New Jersey Devils against Anaheim Ducks, after 5 playoff games and 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2002-2003Playoffs

Year 2002
24 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Richard Smehlik opens the 2002-2003 season with Atlanta Thrashers
ATLAtlanta Thrashers
Richard was 32 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  ATL3–5CAR
  L
  October 11game 1/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG17:40TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  FLA5–4ATL
  L
  October 12game 2/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG23:26TOI
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- The game
  ATL2–3PIT
  L
  October 16game 3/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG21:06TOI
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- The game
  ATL5–8TBL
  L
  October 18game 4/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP22:55TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYI5–4ATL
  L
  October 19game 5/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG22:13TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  ATL2–3FLA
  L
  October 21game 6/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:43TOI
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- The game
  NJD2–1ATL
  L
  October 23game 7/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG22:15TOI
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- The game
  ATL3–4BOS
  L
  October 26game 8/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG23:01TOI
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- The game
  LAK4–0ATL
  L
  October 29game 9/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG20:15TOI
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- November 2002
- The game
  ATL3–1FLA
  W
  November 2game 11/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:45TOI
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- The game
  ATL0–5CHI
  L
  November 7game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG19:45TOI
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- The game
  ATL6–4BUF
  W
  November 9game 13/822
  His night
  No points
  +6+/-1SOG23:56TOI
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- The game
  CGY1–2ATL
  W
  November 11game 14/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG23:58TOI
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- The game
  SJS2–3ATL
  W
  November 13game 15/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG21:24TOI
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- The game
  PHX5–1ATL
  L
  November 15game 16/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG20:18TOI
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- The game
  ANA5–1ATL
  L
  November 17game 17/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG18:16TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
  4
  points
  NHL#374
  1
  goals
  NHL#340
  3
  assists
  NHL#333
  -4
  +/-
  NHL#187
  ATL
  5-14-1W-L-OT12Points
  5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
- December 2002
- The game
  EDM3–0ATL
  L
  December 8game 26/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG13:46TOI
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- The game
  ATL2–4PHX
  L
  December 11game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:03TOI
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- The game
  ATL1–3DAL
  L
  December 13game 28/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:53TOI
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- Checkpoint
  December 13
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8219 of 41 played
  4
  points
  NHL#504
  1
  goals
  NHL#477
  3
  assists
  NHL#470
  -6
  +/-
  NHL#207
  ATL
  11-24-4W-L-OT28Points
  5th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·29th in the whole NHL
Year 2003
23 years ago
- The game
  ATL7–4PHI
  W
  January 13game 43/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG09:59TOI
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- The game
  MTL0–1ATL
  W
  January 15game 44/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG16:34TOI
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- The game
  BOS1–3ATL
  W
  January 17game 45/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:17TOI
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- The game
  NYI4–1ATL
  L
  January 19game 46/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG16:05TOI
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- The game
  STL4–8ATL
  W
  January 21game 47/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG20:47TOI
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- The game
  OTT3–3ATL
  January 23game 48/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-3SOG21:48TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  ATL4–1NYR
  W
  January 25game 49/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG19:29TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–5ATL
  W
  January 28game 50/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG16:54TOI
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- The game
  TOR5–2ATL
  L
  January 30game 51/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG20:00TOI
  +1 goal
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- February 2003
- The game
  ATL4–3MTL
  W
  February 4game 52/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG21:03TOI
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- The game
  ATL4–2NJD
  W
  February 7game 53/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG22:43TOI
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- The game
  ATL1–3OTT
  L
  February 8game 54/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG18:32TOI
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- The game
  WSH5–1ATL
  L
  February 12game 55/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG20:27TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–2ATL
  February 14game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG21:32TOI
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- The game
  DET6–2ATL
  L
  February 15game 57/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG24:49TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–4ATL
  W
  February 17game 58/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG02:02TOI
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- The game
  ATL0–2TBL
  L
  February 19game 59/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG20:43TOI
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- The game
  ATL3–3EDM
  February 23game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:24TOI
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- The game
  ATL4–3COL
  W
  February 27game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG23:09TOI
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- Checkpoint
  February 27
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8238 of 62 played
  9
  points
  NHL#446
  2
  goals
  NHL#471
  7
  assists
  NHL#407
  -7
  +/-
  NHL#236
  ATL
  21-32-4W-L-OT51Points
  4th in the Southeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·28th in the whole NHL
- March 2003
- The game
  ATL1–4LAK
  L
  March 1game 63/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:36TOI
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- The game
  ATL4–1ANA
  W
  March 2game 64/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG18:40TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  ATL4–4WSH
  March 6game 65/823
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-0SOG25:34TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–1ATL
  L
  March 7game 66/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG11:35TOI
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- The game
  MIN6–4ATL
  L
  March 9game 67/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG19:21TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  ATL3–2NJD
  L
  March 11game 68/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:27TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–4BOS
  L
  March 13game 69/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG16:29TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–3NJD
  W
  March 15game 70/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:47TOI
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- The game
  PHI4–2NJD
  L
  March 17game 71/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:16TOI
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- The game
  PIT1–3NJD
  W
  March 21game 73/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG15:58TOI
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- The game
  NJD4–2NYI
  W
  March 22game 74/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG15:53TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD4–1FLA
  W
  March 24game 75/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG16:14TOI
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- The game
  NJD1–1ATL
  March 28game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG20:58TOI
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- The game
  NYI0–6NJD
  W
  March 30game 78/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG19:53TOI
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- April 2003
- The game
  TOR3–2NJD
  L
  April 1game 79/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG20:39TOI
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- The game
  BOS1–1NJD
  April 3game 80/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:58TOI
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- The game
  NJD2–2BUF
  April 6game 82/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG22:32TOI
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The season in numbers
April 6
Richard Smehlik closes the 2002-2003 season with 13 points
ATLAtlanta Thrashers NJDNew Jersey Devils
Points
13
NHL#432
Games
55of 82
67%
Goals
2
NHL#530
Assists
11
NHL#369
P/GP
0.24
NHL#414
+/-
-5
NHL#636
3 days later
Playoffs
April 9
New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs
First round
April 9
New Jersey Devils meet Boston Bruins
NJDvsBOS
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
No Swedes
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Per-Johan Axelsson
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- Game 4
  NJD1–5BOS
  L
  April 151
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:09TOI
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First round
April 17
New Jersey Devils knock Boston Bruins out 4–1
NJD4–1BOS
Advance
1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
7 days later
Second round
April 24
New Jersey Devils meet Tampa Bay Lightning
NJDvsTBL
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
Tommy Albelin
Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
Fredrik Modin
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8 days later
Second round
May 2
New Jersey Devils knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–1
NJD4–1TBL
Advance
He did not play in this round
8 days later
Conference final
May 10
New Jersey Devils meet Ottawa Senators
NJDvsOTT
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
Tommy Albelin
Swedes on Ottawa Senators
Magnus Arvedson
Daniel Alfredsson
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- Game 2
  NJD4–1OTT
  W
  May 133
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG12:43TOI
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- New Jersey Devilsare1–1withOttawa Senators
- Game 3
  OTT0–1NJD
  W
  May 153
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:44TOI
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- New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
- Game 4
  OTT2–5NJD
  W
  May 173
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG11:04TOI
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- New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
- Game 5
  NJD1–3OTT
  L
  May 193
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG13:11TOI
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Conference final
May 23
New Jersey Devils knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3
NJD4–3OTT
Advance
4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
4 days later
Stanley Cup Final
May 27
New Jersey Devils play the Stanley Cup Final against Anaheim Ducks
NJDvsANA
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
Tommy Albelin
Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
Samuel Påhlsson
Niclas Hävelid
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13 days later
June 9
Stanley Cup Champions
New Jersey Devils
beat Anaheim Ducks 4–3 in the final
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
June 9
Richard Smehlik ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 0 points
ATLAtlanta Thrashers NJDNew Jersey Devils
Points
0
NHL#262
Games
5
Goals
0
NHL#174
Assists
0
NHL#235
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-2
NHL#231
BOS4–1→TBL4–1→OTT4–3→ANA4–3

Richard Smehlik opens the 2002-2003 season with Atlanta Thrashers

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Richard Smehlik closes the 2002-2003 season with 13 points

New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

New Jersey Devils meet Boston Bruins

New Jersey Devils knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

New Jersey Devils meet Tampa Bay Lightning

New Jersey Devils knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–1

New Jersey Devils meet Ottawa Senators

New Jersey Devils knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

New Jersey Devils play the Stanley Cup Final against Anaheim Ducks

New Jersey Devils

Richard Smehlik ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 0 points